WisBusiness

MADISON - So it's Saturday, and you've just learned that an RV full of Badgers fans is on its way to your place for a post-basketball game victory party. You need meat, and fast. But where around campus can you find good, fresh steaks?Here's an option that may surprise you: the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Meat Science and Muscle Biology...

Johnson Financial Group enters list at #37 spot     Wisconsin, January 22, 2008—FORTUNE announced today that Johnson Financial Group, the $5 billion financial services (parent) company of Johnson Bank and Johnson Insurance has been ranked #37 on the 11th annual “100 Best Companies to Work For” list.  The full list and related stories will appear in the February 4 issue...

Fresh “family doctor” approach helps companies focus and stimulate creative idea factory   OOSTBURG, Wis. (January 23, 2007) – A new marketing ideas and innovation firm is helping companies unleash the power of thinking INSIDE the box.  PowerBox Innovation, based in Oostburg, Wisconsin, is helping mid to large companies eliminate inefficiencies often involved in the product development process and bridge the...

MADISON – The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSC) will hold a public outreach meeting in Cassville on Wednesday, January 30 regarding an application from Alliant Energy to build a new electric power plant, known as the Nelson Dewey Generating Station. In early 2007, Alliant Energy filed an application with the PSC for permission to build a new 300 megawatt coal-fired electric generation...

METRO AREAS MADISON – Department of Workforce Development (DWD) Secretary Roberta Gassman today announced December 2007 unemployment rates for the state’s metropolitan statistical areas (MSA).  "The state's labor market condition for county and metro areas showed mixed results in December as the majority of areas lowered their unemployment rate, but also lowered job counts when compared to November,” Secretary Gassman...

MADISON, Wis. - FERC member Philip Moeller will join Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin, Congressman F. James Sensenbrenner Jr., and former Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chair James Hoecker as keynoters at the "Coping with Climate Change" conference on Monday, Feb. 11. Because of significant interest in the conference and the addition of Moeller, the event will be lengthened into the afternoon,...

What do the NFL, Donny Osmond, Rachel Ray and Nickelodeon have in common? They have all paired with the American Heart Association on initiatives to work towards their mission: To build healthier lives, free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke.The American Heart Association was founded in 1924 by a group of six physicians from cities across the country. Since its...

By Brian E. Clark WisBusiness.com New stem cell breakthroughs hold great potential for human medicine, UW-Madison researcher Jamie Thomson said today, but any therapies coming from them may be a decade or two off. “This will revolutionize human medicine, but mostly it is about the basic science and biology and having access to things we did not have access to before,”...

By Brian Clark WisBusiness.com Wisconsin would be unique in the Midwest if the Legislature approves a plan by Gov. Jim Doyle that would allow some Wisconsin investors to defer paying capital gains taxes if they reinvest their profits in Badger State start-ups, advocates say. The proposal, which is part of Doyle's Accelerate Wisconsin plan, builds on Act 255 -- a 4-year-old...

WisBusiness.com TDS is turning on its WiMAX signal in Madison today. TDS is the first communications provider in Wisconsin to offer true WiMAX — what the company calls a "revolutionary," wireless high-speed Internet and phone service. The new WiMAX technology will provide digital phone and broadband service to nearly 65,000 customers in the Madison area during the first stages...